Leo Szilard Online

Welcome to the world of physicist, molecular biologist, and
"scientist of conscience" Leo Szilard (1898-1964). How
do you say it? In Hungary, it is pronounced SEE-lahrd. Elsewhere, say SIL-ahrd.

Szilard's ideas
included the linear accelerator, cyclotron, electron
microscope, and nuclear chain reaction. Equally important was his
belief that scientists should accept moral responsibility for the
consequences of their work.

In his 1929 paper on Maxwell's Demon, Szilard identified
the unit or "bit" of information. The World Wide Web that
you now travel, and the computers that make it possible, show the
importance of his long-unappreciated idea.

Atomic Bomb

Atomic Bomb: Decision - A collection of documents on
the decision to use the first atomic bombs, and Szilard's attempts
to prevent this -- including his July 17, 1945 petition to President Truman.
This is the most popular page on the Dannen.com website.
It has received millions of visitors.
Einstein's letter to Roosevelt, August 2, 1939
- Images of the letter, and how it came to be written.

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First created: March 30, 1995 -- Last modified: January 26, 2015
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